Month: February 2013

As of February 18, 2013, the Dublin based betting site, Intrade, has Chuck Hagel as a 95% favorite to be confirmed as US Secretary of Defense. I support Hagel and would hope his chances are that good, but I would put them at closer to 75%. Let's look at the parties and issues in this

When Chuck Hagel walks through a metal detector at an airport, he sets it off. He carries shrapnel in his chest from wounds suffered from his service in Vietnam. Now, multi-billionaire Sheldon Adelson and the Right Wing of the Israel Lobby (RWIL), which he finances, are trying to defeat Hagel's nomination to be Secretary of

Decorated Vietnam War veteran and two-term United States Senator Chuck Hagel spent 8 hours on the witness chair, trying to convince 26 members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that his love for Israel was sufficient to warrant confirmation as Secretary of Defense. Everything else was of secondary importance for the Committee. I watched the

What is Wednesdays Wars?

Wednesdays Wars is a website created by Tom Callaghan that will be updated on the first Wednesday of each month. It will focus on the culture and values wars that polarize the country and on the war to take us into war in Iran and elsewhere.

Who is Tom Callaghan?

I am a lawyer, turned grassroots lobbyist, turned semi-pro poker player, turned self-employed investor. As a lawyer, I sued and beat the Federal Reserve Board. As a grassroots lobbyist, I led the effort to deregulate the trucking industry. In activist politics, I was Chairman of the Committee to Impeach President Nixon. As a poker player living in Las Vegas and California, I was moderately successful. I'm presently a self-employed investor.